Loader.



c. EHLBRS. LOADER. APPLIOATION IILED NOV. 2, 1908.

Patented Aug.23, 1910.

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CARL EHLEBS, 0F EINDEN, IOWA.

LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted Aug'. 23, 1910.

Application led November 2,1908. Serial No. 460,880.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

-Be it known that CARL EHLERs, a resident of Minden, in the county of Pottawat- `tamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLoad-v ers, of which the following is a-full, clear, and exact description. l

The invention relates to loading-apparatus and more particularly to that type which may be employed for loading manure onto a wagon or spreader.

The invention designs to provide an improved loader which embodies a carrier comprising teeth for entering manure or similar material to scoop a load of material from a pile, and which can then be drawn away with the load thereon and elevated into position above the wagon or spreader to dump the load into the wagon or spreader. In

ractice a manure-spreader is usually loaded y throwinr the manure into the Wagon With a pitchffor and as a result, the spreader n must necessarily remain idle while it is bebeing shown in ing loaded. By providing a toothed carrier which may be loaded by forcing it into a manure pile to scoop a quantity of material from a stack, and then elevating it quickly into position to dump Lthe load into the spreader, 'the loading operation will be greatly facilitated so that the spreader will.

not remain idle during a slow loading operation.

rllhe object of the invention is to provide improved loading apparatus which may be advantageously used for loading manure or the like and by which a wagon or a spreader may be quickly and conveniently loaded. v v

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claim at thel conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective of a loading apparatus embodying the invention. F1g2 is a perspective. of the improved carrien Fig. 3 is a detail of trip,- ping-device for releasing the forked carrier to dump the load in position tol hold the suspension-device for the carrier in such position that the load will remain in the carrier. F ig. lis a similar view, the tripping-device position to release the carrier to damp the lo d.

The loading-apparatus comprises Va clar-l rier which consists essentiall points or teeth 1Q, having their front ends pointed as at `11 to facilltatev entry of the teeth into a manure pile or other material to be loaded. The teeth 10 serve as a l'bot` tom on which the load of such material will be held and are extended vertically as at 12 to serve as a back for the carrier whereby,

of a series of the load will be held on carrier-teeth 10W `:formed by extending the ends of the bottombar 13v upwardly. The back-bar 16 is also extended forwardly at each side as at 20 and is secured to the uprights 18 by rivets 21. The back-bars 15 and 16, sides7 17, and 20, bottom-bar 13, and uprights 18 constitute an open frame to which the carrier-teeth 10 are secured and from which they project forwardly so the teeth 'will penetrate a pile of matemal such as manure, to scoop a load of the material from a pile so that the material will be super osed on the teeth and held by the frame or removalv to a wagon or spreader. A rearwardly extending handle 22 is secured to eachside of the carrierframe and these handles serve as means for directing the teeth into the pile to catch aload from the desired lportion of the pile. t

e carrier l rovides ro]ect1n portation to such place asfit may be desired todump the load.

A draw-bar or bail 23 by which the loaded carrier may be drawn from the pile of materialyh'as its sides respectively pivoted as at 24 in the side-bars 20 of the carrier. This draw-bar 0r bailwhen `swung into position' `illustrated in dotted lines F1g. 2, may be drawn forwardlyto bringl the carrier to the .pile to cause the carrier-teeth to penetrate a pile vof material, and to cause the loaded carrier to be drawn over the ground and `usually necessary to elevate it into position above the wagon or spreader so that the load may be quickly dumped or discharged into the lwagon or spreader. For this purpose an elevated or overhead track or guide 30 is provided for transporting the loaded carrier approximately from the point where it is loaded to such a position t at a load may be discharged directly Afrom the carrier into the vehlcle, This overhead track may be supported in any suitable' manner and is illustrated as being secured to hangers 31 which are secured to a girder 32 which is f held in elevated position by trusses or columns 34, and these supports are usually anchored in some convenient manner to the ground and the girder is also held by an end-brace 34. A'carriage 35 is provided with wheels 36'mounted to travel along the track 3.() from one` end thereof tothe other. A'cable 37 having one of its ends secured to the 4carriage 35 and extending around a `guide-sheave 38 on the track, thence around 4a sheave 39 located at that end ofthe track where the carrier is to be dumped,a nd thence around a guide-sheave 40' connected to one of the columns 34 at the opposite end ofthe track and thence around `a guideLsheave 41 to a hook whereby the cable may be connected to a horse or team, so that when the cable is drawn by .the horse or team the carriage 35 will be drawn from that end of the track which is nearest the pile-of material to the other end thereof beneath which the vehicle to receive the load is located.

A suspension-bar 43 to which the draw-bar 23 may be connected so that the loaded carrier mayl be elevated and 'transported bodlly without vdischarging the load, has its end ivotally connected to the carrier at 44, and its upper end has a hole 45 therein, adapted to receive a hook 46. Said hook is connected to a sheave 47 around which the draft-cable .f 37 extends so that when the cable is connected to the suspension-bar 43 by said sheave V47 and hook 46, the cable 37 when operated by the horse or team, will elevate the suspension-bar and carrier from the ground or pile and 'into close proximity to 'the overhead track and until the upward movement of the sheave 47 is arrested .by carriage 35. vThus the hook 46 and sheave 47y serve as an elevating device for the carrier', which is operated by the draft-cable 37,

the latter Vservin also to draw the loaded carrier suspende from carriage 35, from one end of the track to the other.

The suspension-bar 43 is provided with a notch 48 adapted to receive andA hold the 70 bail 23 so that when hook 46 is connected to the suspension-bar 43 and the bail is held in notch 48, the loaded carrier will be elevated bodily without discharging the load.

When the loaded carrier has been elevated 7 5 into substantially the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the draft-cable 37 will draw the carriage 35v to the opposite end of the track beneath which' the wagon or spreader is located to receive the manure from the car- I rier. When the carrier and carriage have been moved to a point above the wagon or spreader, the load will be discharged to fall into the vehicle. The' dumping operation of the carrier is effected by a tripping-de- 35 vicejwhich releases the bail 23 from notch 48 in the suspension-bar so that the front end of the front or free'ends of the carrierteeth will be free to gravitate, being held at the rear by the connection between the suspension-bar andthe back of the toothed carrier. This tripping-device comprises a lever 49 pivoted as at 50 to the suspensionbar and having a notch or lrecess 51 into which the bail is adapted to pass when held in the notch 48 in the suspension-bar anda cam 52 formed on the trip-leverto force the bail out of notch 48 when the lever is operated. A spring 53 holds the tri -lever normally in operative position an trip-lever so that the lever may be operated to` release the bail and force it out of the notch 48. When the trip-lever is in the position illustrated in Fig. 4, the bail 23 105 will be free to permit the front of the forked carrrier ,to swing downwardly so that the load will be dischar ed into the vehicle above which the loade carrier is suspended.

When a load has been discharged from the carrier, the latter and the carriage 35 may. be drawn backwardly to the opposite end of the track by the trip-ro e 54 and the carrier may also be lowere by ulling' said rope downwardly. The toothedp next be disconnected from the lifting-hook 46 or if desired, the suspension-bar 43 may be unhooked at 44 so that the carrier `will be disconnected from the elevator and shiftthen be 12o ing-cable 37. The carrier 'ma pushed into the ile of materia to receive another load, or, 1f desired, the carrier may be placed in suchy position on the pile that by connecting hook 45 to the bail and operating cable 37, the carrier-teeth will be 125 forced to scoop a quantity of material from the 1le and ontothe carrier. Or, if de-y sire the bail may be otherwise connected to a horse or team, so that the carrier will be loaded and drawn into position to be 130 a rope 54 100 or'the like 1s connected to one end of the carrier will connected to the elevating-device. When the carrier has been loaded and is in position to be elevated the bail and sus ension-bar 4,3 will be connected so that the ail will be locked to the suspension-bar, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the suspension-bar and bail then: serving as a three-point suspensiondevice whereby the carrier and its load may be elevated and transported. The suspension-bar is next connected to the lifting-hook 45 and the loaded carrier `will be first elevated and thendrawn along the track until it is suspended over the vehlcle to be loaded. The tripping-lever will be operated by deending cable 54 to unlock the bail and orce it out of notch 48, so the front end of the carrier will be free to gravitate into position to discharge the load as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, and the loaded carrier will be immediatelyvdumped into the vehicle. Thus it will be seen that the invention provides a toothed 'carrier adapted to receive a large quantity of material and which may' be forced into the pile of material to scoop up a large load and when it has been loaded, may be quickly elevated and transported into position to discharge the load into a'vehicle. When the carrier has been elevated and transported into position above the v'ehicleJ it may be quickly operated by gravity into such position vthat the load will be dumped into the vehicle at any desired point. Thereforein loading material, such as manure and the like, a very material saving of time is effected in loading a wagon or spreader. Furthermore, the entire apparatus may be operated by one person which is advantageous when there is a scarcity of labor. -f

'Ihe carrier having its bottom formed essentially of teeth whlch are adapted to penetrate a pile of material, makes it possible to quickly loadthe carrier for elevation and transportation to the vehicle. The suspension-means set forth, together with the tripping-device` make it possible to quickly dump the load after it has been elevated and to transport it into position above the vehicle to be loaded. The bail serves as a susv pension-member during elevation and transportation of the carrier and also serves as a draw-bar or means by which the carrier may be'drawn, to cause its teeth to penetrate a pile, or overthe ground into position to be connected to the elevating-device.

' The invention is not'to be restricted to the details set forth since these may be modified `within the scope of the appended claims lwithout; departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. i. 1 Y. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis\:-

j v- 1. In a loader, the combination of a carrier comprising a series of forwardly extending teeth at the bottom of the carrier for penetrating-a pile of material to receive a load, and suspension-means comprising a bar pivotally connectedto the carrier at the rear thereof and a detachable connection between said bar and the sidesof the carrier.

2. In a loader, the combination' of a carrier comprisin a series of forwardly extending teeth at t e bottom of the carrier for penetrating a pile of material to receive a load, and suspension-means for the carrier comprising a bar pivotally connected to the carrler at the rear thereof, a bail connected to the carrier at-the sides thereof, and a detachable connectiony between said *bar* and said bail.

3. In a loader,the combination of acarriercomprising a series of forwardly extending teeth at the bottom of the carrier, suspension-means comprising a bar-pivotally,`

connected to the carrier at the rear thereof, and means connected tothe carrier at the sides thereof and detachably connected to said bar, and a tripping-device for releasing said means to release the carrier to dump the rier comprising a series of forwardly cX- tending teeth at the bottom of the carrier,-

suspension-means for the carrier comprising a bar pivotally connected to the carrier at the rear thereof, said bar being provided with a seat, and means adapted to be held in said seat and connected to the carrier atf the sides thereof, and a tripping-device for disengaging said means from its connect-ion I dump the to the bar to release the carrier to load.

6. In a loader, the combination of a carl rier comprising a series of forwardly extendlng teeth at the bottom of the carrier, suspension-means for the carrier comprising ilo a bar pivotally connected to the carrier at v the rear thereof, said bar being provided with a seat, and a bail adapted to be held in.v

said seat and connected to the carrier at the sides thereof and atripping-device for disengagingA said bail from v4its connection toy the bar to load.

7. In a loader, .the combination a carrelease lthe carrier to dump the rier comprising a series of .forwardly ex- 4 tendingteeth atthe bottom of the carrier,

suspension-means for the carrier comprising a bar pivotally connected to the carrier.;

at the 4rear thereof, .and means connectedv to thecarrier at the sides thereof and detacha- `to thecarrierat the back thereof, said bar bly connected to said bar., and ajtripping-` lever for releasing said meansto release the carrier to dump the load. v i 8. In a loader, the combination of a carrierl comprising a series of forwardly exltending teeth at the bottom of the carrier, suspension-means comprising a bar pivotally connected to the carrier at-the rear thereof,

a bail connected to the carrier at the sidesthereof and detachably connected to said.`

bar, anda tripping lever for releasing said bail to release the carrier to dump' the load.

9. In a loader, the combination of a c arrier comprising a series of forwardly ex`- tending teeth at the bottom of th'ecarrier,

, suspension-means 'comprising a bar pivotallyconnected to the carrier at 'the rear thereof,

said b ar being provided with a' seat, and means adapted to be held in said seat and connected tothe carrier at the sides thereof, and a. tripping-lever for disengagmg said means from its connection to the Vbar to release the carrier to dump the load.

10. In a loader, the combination of` a carrier comprising a series of forwardly ex= tending -teeth at the bottom of the carrier,

Suspension-means comprising a bar pivotall connected to the carrier at the rear Athe-reo said bar being providedl with a seat, and a .bail adapted to be held in said seat and `pivotally connectedlto the carrier at the sides; thereof, and a tri pinglever for disengag-v in saidbail from 1ts connection to the bar to re ease the carrier to dump the load.

1,1. In a loader, the combination of a car'- rier comprising a series of forwardly extending teeth at the bottom of the carrier,-

a back and sides, a suspension-bar connected having means whereby it may be detachably connected-to the elevating-device, and means connected to the carrier at the sides thereof and. removably connected to said bar, said means beingl pivoted to the carrier so it may be disconnected from the bar and used for drawing the carrier.

'lso

12. In a. loader,.the combination of a carrier comprising a series of forwardly extending at the bottom of the carrier, a back and sides, a suspension-bar connected vto'thev carrier at the back thereof, said bar 5 having-means whereby it may be detachably connectjed to an elevating-device, means connected to the carrier at the sides thereof and removably connectedito said. bar, said means being pivoted to the carrier so-it may be discon'r'lectedfrom thebar and used for drawing the carrier, and a tripping-device for releasing said `means from the suspenioI-bar to release the carrier to dumpthe os.

13. In a. loaden/the combination of a carrierA comprising a series of forwardly ex-4 tending teeth at the bottom of the carrier,a back and sides, a suspension-bar connected to the carrier at the'b'ackithereof, said bar having means `whereby it may be ,detachably connected to an elevating device, and a bail connectedto thecarrier at the sides thereof and removably connected. to said bar, said bail beingv pivoted tothe carrier vso it may be disconnected fromnthe back and used for drawing the carrier. -;f.V

14.' In faloader, the 'combination of a carrier comprising a.y series of forwardly-extending teethpat-the bottom of the carrier, a

back and sides, asuspension-bar connected to the carrier4 at the back thereof, said bar having means whereby it may be detachably connected to an elevating-device, a bail con` nected to the carrier at the sides thereof and removably connected to said bar said bail beingpivoted to the carrier and to the barI so it may be disconnected therefromV and used for drawing the carrier, and la tri ping-device for releasing said bail from t e suspension-bar to release the carrier to dump the load. e

15. In a loader, the combination of a carrier comprising a' series of forwardly extending teeth at the bottom ofthe carrier, a back and sides, a suspension-device comprising a bar connected to the back of the. carrier and a bail connected to the 'carrier at the sides thereof, a detachable connection between the bail and 'said b ar, a lever pivoted on the bar for releasin the bail to release the carrier to dump t e load, and depending-'means whereby said lever may be operated.

16. In a loader, the combination of a carrier comprising a series of forwardly extending' teeth at the bottom of the carrier, a back and sides, a suspension-device comprising a bar connected to the back of thev carrier andy a bail connected to the carrier at the sides thereof, a detachable connection between the bail and 'said bar, a 1ever pivoted on the'bar and for releasin the bail to release the carrier todump the oad, and depending-means whereby said lever 4may be operated, said bail being pivoted to the carrier so it'may be swung to extend forwardly and whereby the carrier may be drawn.

overhead track or guide, a carriage mounted the 'carrier at the sides thereof, and a de- 10 to travel thereon, *a carrier comprising a taehable connection between said suspensionseries of forwardly projecting teeth at the means and said bar for releasing the carrier ottorl btf the carrier, arV1 elevating-means to dump the load.

etac a connected to t e carrier, means whereby 5the carrier may be drawn when CARL EHLERS disconnected from the elevatingmeans, a Witnesses: suspension-bar connected to the rear of the B. JUNGFERMAN, carrier, and suspension-means connected to J. W. MILLER. f 

